Friday, October 1, 1948
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Silver Asks Truman to Block Rabbi Hails 5709
As the Year One
iniquitous' Bernadotte Plan
NEW YORK—Dr. Abbs Hillel
Silver, chairman of the Ameri-
can Zionist Emergency Council,
wired an appeal to President
Truman "to prevent the hnposi-
RABBI SILVER
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tion of such iniquitous terms on
Israel" as the Bernadotte plan
recommended and to stay by the
pledged word . . . of the Ainefl-
cap government which accepted
without reservation the Nov. 29
decision and which on May 14
gave de facto recognition to the
new State of Israel."
Dr. Silver's protest against Sec-
Iraq Scorns Plea,
Hangs Merchant
BAGHDAD (WNS) — Shaflq
Ades, a prominent Jewish mer-
chant in Baghdad, who was sen-
tenced to death by an Iraqi mil-
itary court on charges of aiding
the Jews in the Palestine war
and organizing Zionism in Iraq,
was publicly hanged in Basra.
The execution took -place de-
spite the plea for leniency made
by the American minister to
Iraq.
In addition to the death pen-
alty a fine of 820,000,000 was im-
posed. The court said the mon-
ey would be obtained from Ades'
property and turned over to the
Iraqi ministry of defense "to
compensate for losses of men and
material suffered by the Iraqi
Army."
NEW YORK (Special) — New
Year 5709 was designated year
one of the State c,f Israel by
Rabbi Israel Tabak, president of
the Rabbinical Council of Amer-
ica, in a Rosh Hashonah message.
Rabbi Tabak issued the mes-
Pointing out that the Zionist sage in behalf of the of the 400
movement in this country had members of the orthodox Rab-
"relied on the loyalty of the minate who hold pulpits in 40
American government to the states, and who are enrolled in
United Nations partition resolu- the organization, which is the
tion of last November," and on Rabbinic body of the Union of
the personal commitment of the Orthodox Jewish Congregations
President and the, platform of America.
pledges of the Democratic Party,
Citing the Talmud, he pointed
Dr. Silver noted that "we have out that during the era. of the
accordingly been profoundly Second Jewish Commonwealth
shocked by Secretary Marshall's it was customary to start count-
unqualified indorsement of the ing the calendar years anew in
recommendations of Count Ber- honor of an occurrence of great
nadotte which would reduce the national significance.
area of the State of Israel by
"This Rosh Hashonah," he said,
two-thirds leaving it a miniature "the traditional blowing of the
state incapable of large scale Shofar will, serve as a clariuni
call
settlement of refugees. •
to all Jews to dedicate themselves
"The citizens of Israel who in the coming year to the re-
reluctantly accepted the partition establishment of the high moral
of Palestine last November and spiritual principles of the Jewish
who have since successfully de- faith in the everyday life.
fended the borders of their new
"Just as in the State of Israel
state with their blood are now our leaders are formUlating a
being asked to accept another new constitution which will em-
partition of their small state.
body the Torah-true and pro-
d This penalizes Irsael for hav-
phetic ideals of social justice, so
ing accepted partition and re- will it become the sacred duty of
wards the Arabs for having at- all American Jews to reaffirm
tempted by force of arms to up- during the coming year their loy-
set the United Nations recom- alty to their glorious and unique
mendation," Dr. Silver declared. heritage."
retary Marshall's recent indorse-
ment of the Bernadotte report
which would give the Negev area
now in the State of Israel, to the
Arabs was made in behalf of all
official Zionist bodies in the
United States.
F
Lazrus to Head
N. Y. Campaign
NEW YORK (WNS--Benjamin
Lazrus, noted Jewish leader and
president of Benrus Watch Co.,
will be chairman of the 31st
annual campaign of the Federa-
tion of Jewish Philanthropies
of New York.
Accepting the chairmanship,
Mr. Lazrus said: "The financial
problems that confront the Fed-
eration and its network of hos-
pitals, health and welfare agen-
cies as a result of four years of
increasing costs and deficits are
more than a menace to the
affiliated institutions.
"These problems touch the
lives of the thousands and thou-
sands of people who each year
turn to Federation's institutions
seeking help."
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Eddie Cantor Honored
for Humanitarian J ob
NEW YORK (WNS) — Eddie
Cantor, who has. just completed
a whirlwind tour of major cities
in behalf of the United Jewish
Appeal, was the recipient of the
UJA 1948 Citation for Humani-
tarianism during a special broad-
cast.
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